1 . Reasons Why Emotions (情绪) Are Important
Emotions can play an important role in how you think and behave.
Emotions can make you act. When faced with an exam, you might feel a lot of anxiety about whether you will perform well and how the test will impact your final grade.
Emotions help others understand you better. When you communicate with other people, it is important to give clues to help them understand how you are feeling. The clue might include emotional expressions through body language.
Emotions allow you to understand others. Just as your own emotions offer valuable information to others, the emotional expressions of those around you also give a wealth of social information.
| A．Why are they important |
| B．Emotions help you to avoid danger |
| C．How can you control your emotion well |
| D．It might also include directly stating how you feel |
| E．Getting social information is an important part of your daily life |
| F．You are giving them important information about taking action |
| G．You’re driven to take action to improve your chances of getting a good grade |
2 . There are a few personal qualities we can all develop to bring more success into our lives. They come from small changes we make throughout our lives, one step and one day at a time.
· Patience. This is probably one of the most difficult of the personal qualities to develop.
· Courage. Far too often I see people fail to reach their potential ( 潜力) because they’re afraid. They aren’t afraid of growth, but they’re afraid of taking risks.
· Self-confidence. You need to believe that you have what it takes to achieve your goals.
· Integrity ( 正直). Integrity is super important.
| A．You need to trust yourself. |
| B．Very little in life happens overnight. |
| C．Understand your strengths and weaknesses. |
| D．This fear prevents them from achieving their goals. |
| E．Living an honest and successful life may be difficult without it. |
| F．The better you perform every day, the more success will find its way back to you. |
| G．The most successful people are often the people who are also the best problem-solvers. |
3 . In our daily life, anxiety, curiosity and jealousy are often applied to describe emotions in different situations. But what do these have in common? The common theme is this: they are a state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence our behavior. Besides adding variety or “color” to our lives, emotions help us respond to important situations and communicate our thoughts to others. In the meanwhile, emotion is also linked to behavior. Some people are more likely to be social and express their emotions, while others are more likely to hide their emotions in public.
What happens when we experience emotions? In brief, emotional responses have four parts: a physical response, an interpretation (演绎) in the mind, feelings, and an effect on behavior. These do not happen in any special order—they happen at the same time and affect each other. Now we will show this process with the most carefully studied of all emotions: fear.
To understand the physical response, imagine you are frightened by an aggressive noisy dog. Your brain sends messages throughout your body by releasing a chemical called adrenaline (肾上腺素), which the body carries to other parts of the body. Then, the bodily reactions begin. Blood flows from your stomach. The blood flow in the face decreases, which makes you become whiter.
The second aspect is interpretation in the mind of events and feelings. This is both conscious and unconscious. In fact, the more you think about the dog, the more frightened you become. Thinking like this sends both your feelings and your physical response to new heights.
The “feeling” aspect of emotion comes from two sources. In one, the brain senses the body’s reaction. The other comes from memories of your body’s reactions in similar situations in the past.
Finally, emotions can also affect behavior. In response to the aggressive dog, this could be the so-called “fight-or-flight” response which appears to be part of our biology. In this, the person either becomes more aggressive or runs away.
1. What can we know about emotions according to the passage?| A．Emotions can take control of different situations in our lives. |
| B．Emotions have a close connection with our behavior. |
| C．Emotions must do more than just add thoughts to our lives. |
| D．Emotions enrich people’s life and make it more challenging. |
| A．To explain how carefully fear is studied. |
| B．To prove the four parts happen in the fixed order. |
| C．To show how the four parts function together. |
| D．To suggest that fear is an extreme emotion. |
| A．Facial blood flow becomes faster. | B．He becomes totally unconscious. |
| C．His past memories affect him. | D．He becomes aggressive at once. |
| A．Emotions and what happens when we experience them. |
| B．Emotions and purposes of emotional responses. |
| C．Emotions and how they influence our behavior. |
| D．Emotions and emotional responses caused by fear. |
4 . Walter Benjamin, the German philosopher, once noted that boredom was the “dream bird that hatches the egg of experience”. However, the creative flights of fancy which often arise from having little to do are being killed off by social media, researchers argued. Viewing mindlessly through attention-grabbing posts and videos prevents “profound (深层的) boredom” that can drive people on to new passions or skills. Instead, people find themselves in a state of “superficial boredom”, which does not motivate creative thought.
Dr Timothy Hill, leader of the research team at the University of Bath, said, “The problem we observed was that social media can ease superficial boredom. But that also consumes time and energy, and may prevent people progressing to a state of profound boredom, where they might discover new passions. Profound boredom may sound like a negative concept but, in fact, it can be intensely positive if people are given the chance for undisturbed thinking and development.
Researchers interviewed 15 people during the pandemic (流行病), when boredom was more likely because of restrictions. Many described being trapped in regularly daily walks and watching television, with many turning to social media to pass the time. But although the participants said that social media provided a temporary escape from superficial boredom, it also appeared to exacerbate it, leaving them feeling they had wasted their time.
The pandemic was a painful and consuming experience for thousands of less fortunate people. But there are stories of those in lockdown who found new hobbies, careers or directions in life. Switching off devices could help people reach the state of boredom which pushes them on to new hobbies or achievements.
This research has given us a window to understand how the “always-on”, 24/7 culture and devices that promise an abundance of information and entertainment may be fixing our superficial boredom but are actually preventing us from finding more meaningful things.
1. Why are Walter Benjamin’s words mentioned?| A．To call for attention to the research on boredom. |
| B．To comment on the strategies to face loneliness. |
| C．To offer advice on developing creative thinking. |
| D．To clarify the problem caused by social media. |
| A．Profound boredom is of value. |
| B．Social media can fuel passions. |
| C．The research has some limitations. |
| D．Creative thought is easily disturbed. |
| A．Avoid. | B．Break. |
| C．Inspire. | D．Worsen. |
| A．Why people enjoy boredom |
| B．How boredom helps kill time |
| C．Why being bored may be good for you |
| D．How social media blocks creative ideas |
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Dear Mr. Li,
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Yours,
Li Hua
After Sri Pisharody’s father died, her mother moved to the U. S. to be near her family. But a few things needed to be finalized back home. So Pisharody, her young daughter, and her mother flew to India together. During the long flight, Pisharody laid out some ground rules for her daughter.
“In India, it’s crowded. You have to stick with me and never trust the police officers or the auto rickshaw (黄包车)drivers because everybody wants a bribe (贿 赂)and they’ll try to cheat you,“ Pisharody recalled telling her daughter.
Pisharody had packed all of their passports, documents and other valuable items in a small briefcase. Upon landing, they hailed a rickshaw to the train station. When the driver dropped them off, Pisharody paid him, and then she turned around to make sure her daughter and mother were close by.
“Before I knew it, the auto rickshaw driver drove away with our briefcase that had my passport, our documents, our cash, everything in it,” Pisharody said. ”My heart sank. I started trembling. I didn’t know what to do. ” Her mother, who was 70 at the time, quickly sprang into action and headed to the police station, leaving Pisharody and her daughter at the train station.
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While standing on the front steps, a group of auto rickshaw drivers approached them and asked what was wrong.
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When she looked in the rickshaw, the briefcase was exactly where she had left it.
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8 . Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer who died on March 28, 2023, was a talented musician. For many, his combination of noisy notes and joyous ones made him timeless and avant-garde (前卫的). But for me, Sakamoto was first and foremost a creator of complex emotions.
Before I learned to love Sakamoto, my mother loved him. After her days studying textiles (纺织) at a women’s college in our hometown of Nagoya, Japan, she would come home and play the Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence theme over and over. When she sat at her piano bench, she was trying to mold herself into the most attracting woman that she could be. Still, her childhood desire for a bigger life never died. Years later, when she played it again on that same piano, now transported to our Chicago home, her hands would crash down on Sakamoto’s drumming and upset bridge. It seemed that she buried herself in her younger dream and at the same time got lost in the reality of living away from her home and family. Both the joy of a fulfilled dream and the sorrow of its harsh realities mixed in Sakamoto’s score, pervading (弥漫) our living room.
Following in my mother’s footsteps, I too learned to play Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. I played it in an open music room at college, where I was quite depressed under the gaze of strangers as well as excited about becoming my own adult. I played Sakamoto again in my then-boyfriend’s grandparents’ sitting room, the piece now reflecting my struggle to see how my Japanese and American self could fit into this white family, even though I was in love.
Sakamoto’s genius for telling the contradictions (矛盾) of existence arises again and again. I’m still playing Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, now at the electric piano in my living room, as I puzzle through becoming a new mother, frightened and thrilled at the same time. Maybe someday my daughter will play Sakamoto’s music, and it will help her understand her life too.
1. The author loves Sakamoto for_________.| A．his Japanese identity |
| B．his talent as a composer |
| C．his way to combine notes |
| D．his creation of mixed emotions |
| A．Contented with her current life. |
| B．Joyful and sorry at the same time |
| C．Annoyed with the difficult bridge |
| D．Lonely and upset away from home. |
| A．The life and accomplishments of Ryuichi Sakamoto. |
| B．The challenges of being a Japanese-American woman. |
| C．Contradicting emotions aroused by Sakamoto’s music. |
| D．A mother and daughter’s shared love for playing the piano. |
9 . Four ways to cope with burnout
Burnout is a feeling of physical and mental tiredness. It can come from working overtime or under stressful conditions.
●Focus on advancing tiny goals.
●Take time for yourself.
Ask for a rest day if you need one to do nothing other than eat your favorite ice cream, go for a run, or meet a friend for lunch.
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It’s hard to feel frustrated after a sweaty weightlifting or a long run, Exercise reduces students’ sensitivity to anxiety, so think of that exercise time as building your protection against the burnout. Extra points if you do it outside in the sunshine.
●Talk to people.
People’s health, well-being, everything in life, is way better if you’re connected with other people. Social network is a precious resource but reaching out to people in reality is much more beneficial.
| A．Get active. |
| B．Go to the gym. |
| C．Therefore, talk to your best friends every day. |
| D．It can be also from dealing with difficult people. |
| E．Taking those hours off may seem like a big deal. |
| F．So communicate with other people face to face, not on your phone. |
| G．Sometimes the to-do list gets so long that you feel you can hardly breathe. |
I like staying overnight at my Gramma’s house — that is, until Gramma starts telling me how wonderful my cousin Maya is. Then it’s Maya this and Maya that until I don’t ever want to hear another word about her.
That’s why I wasn’t too excited when Gramma called me on the phone to “come on over and bring your pajamas.” When I got there, it was worse than I’d expected. There, in Grandpa’s big leather rocker, sat Maya, all dressed up and formal-looking and wearing fancy shoes as if she’d just been to a party.
“Surprise, Kristen!” Gramma said. “Your cousin Maya and her parents have traveled in from the East Coast on business. Maya gets to stay with us this afternoon.” Gramma chattered away about how excited she’d been for this surprise get-together, and how cousins ought to get to know each other better.
I hung my baseball cap in the closet and set my backpack by the stairway, all the time smiling and nodding as if I’d been waiting forever for this chance to spend an afternoon with Maya. Grandpa’s chair squawked (咯咯叫) as Maya rocked back and forth. It’s the chair I like best in the house, the one I usually sit in. I sat down on the sofa across from her.
Shortly, Gramma went off to the kitchen to “see about some lunch,” she’d said. That left me stuck in the living room with rocking Maya.
She was still small but taller than I’d remembered her from her last visit four years ago. She was good at small talk, though, and was chatting away about how nice it was to see me again. But I could tell that she didn’t really think so. The last time she was here, we’d had hours of fun together building caves out of Gramma’s sofa pillows.
After that, I’d heard about her only through Gramma’s tales. Maya taking piano lessons. Maya learning math. Maya, Maya, Maya. Now Maya was here, looking great with the latest haircut and a fancy dress.
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Glancing down at my jeans and my old sneakers, I wished I hadn’t come.
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